The station has been searching for a co-anchor since Toya Washington went part time last summer.

McKee will join the station as a reporter the week of March 26 and begin anchor duties in early April.

Jason Newton, who had been filling in at 10 p.m., will co-anchor with Washington at 5 p.m.

Mykleby and Terry Sater will continue to co-anchor the station's 6 p.m. newscast.

Despite the co-anchor uncertainty at 10 p.m., WISN-TV has had the top-rated newscast at that hour in recent ratings surveys.

With the hiring, they go outside the Hearst Broadcast station chain family. KFMB-TV is owned by Midwest Television Inc. McKee uses the Twitter handle of @newstwome.

McKee previously worked as morning news anchor and reporter at WOWK-TV in West Virginia and provided live reports for the Weather Channel. He also was a photojournalist, editor and reporter for KPNX-TV in Phoenix.

He began his career as a journalist in the Armed Forces, where he covered international news. He has a degree in criminal justice from the Air Force Law Enforcement Academy and a communications degree from the School of Broadcasting at the Defense Information School. He is married with three children.

Here's a clip from one of his newscasts.

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